Pressure on the Vatican increases along with questions about whether others will be charged with concealing child sex allegations

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated July 19 2018 - 5:13pm, first published 5:00pm
Impasse: Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson outside Newcastle Courthouse following his conviction for failing to report child sex allegations about Hunter priest Jim Fletcher to police in 2004. Picture: Darren Pateman.
Impasse: Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson outside Newcastle Courthouse following his conviction for failing to report child sex allegations about Hunter priest Jim Fletcher to police in 2004. Picture: Darren Pateman.

OPPOSITION Leader Bill Shorten has backed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s call for the Pope to sack Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson as leading abuse survivors call for other institutional leaders to be prosecuted for concealing child sex offences.

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